Support for the years you're scaling, not the org chart you'll outgrow.

Interim and On-Demand Senior People & Transformation for UAE businesses, from first people function to Emiratisation.

Claire Selwood

15 years leading people and transformation. Now in your corner.

I'm Claire, an experienced HR leader in the UAE, and I've made the hard people calls before, at scale, under pressure, in environments where there was no margin for getting it wrong.

Now I bring that judgment to founders and growing businesses across the UAE as a fractional HR director in Dubai: the senior people partner you need, without the full-time cost.

For over fifteen years, I led the people side of large, complex organisations, workforces of thousands, and a national community healthcare service built from the ground up, all while providing crucial HR support in scenarios where getting it wrong simply wasn't an option.

I'm not just a department to manage or a process for its own sake; I'm someone genuinely senior who has done this before, beside you when the people decisions matter most. As an interim HR director in the UAE, I offer clear direction and rapid solutions without bloated retainers or junior hand-offs.

Chartered MCIPD · MSc Organisational Psychology · 15+ years board-level people leadership · People and transformation consultant in the UAE

Exactly What You Need. Exactly When You Need It.

On-Demand Support

Fractional/Interim Leadership

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For when something needs sorting now

A tricky employee or performance issue
A risk or compliance concern
A leadership or team challenge
A "can you just take a look at this?" moment

Access. Answers. Immediate impact.

Fractional/Interim Leadership

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For senior people leadership, without the full-time cost

Strategic people direction
Workforce and resource planning
Performance, pay and structure
A senior partner alongside the founder

Embedded. Trusted. Commercially focused.

Project-Based Support

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A defined outcome with proper delivery

Transformation & operating-model design
Organisational & team redesign
Policy, governance & compliance reset
Restructure, M&A or integration support

Clear scope. Clear outcomes. No drift.

Senior partnership, on the ground in Dubai.

1. Listen

A working session with you and your leadership team. Honest read of where the people function actually is and where it needs to be for your organisational future.

2. Frame

A short diagnostic with the two or three moves that will unlock the next stage. No 90-slide audit. No lengthy reports. Just actions and results.

3. Build

Embedded delivery around the critical People areas for your organisation: hiring, policy, compensation, culture. All delivered alongside your team, not above it.

4. Handover

You end the engagement with a People function your next hire can actually run.

Support for the years you're scaling, not the org chart you'll outgrow.

Claire Selwood

15 years leading people and transformation. Now in your corner.

Claire’s strategic approach to problem-solving and ability to turn challenges into opportunities was inspiring.